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5. HTML elements organized by function
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This section provides an index of HTML elements organized into groups according to function.
5.1. The root element
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html
–
root element
5.2. Document metadata
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head
–
document metadata container
title
–
document title
base
–
base URL
link
–
inter-document relationship metadata
meta
–
metadata
CHANGED
style
–
style (presentation) information
5.3. Scripting
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script
–
embedded script
noscript
–
fallback content for script
5.4. Sections
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body
–
document body
section
–
section
NEW
nav
–
group of navigational links
NEW
article
–
article
NEW
aside
–
tangential content
NEW
h1
–
heading
h2
–
heading
h3
–
heading
h4
–
heading
h5
–
heading
h6
–
heading
hgroup
–
heading group
NEW
header
–
header
NEW
footer
–
footer
NEW
address
–
contact information
5.5. Grouping content
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p
–
paragraph
hr
–
thematic break
CHANGED
br
–
line break
pre
–
preformatted text
blockquote
–
block quotation
ol
–
ordered list
ul
–
unordered list
li
–
list item
dl
–
description list
dt
–
term or name
dd
–
description or value
figure
–
figure with optional caption
NEW
figcaption
–
figure caption
NEW
div
–
generic flow container
5.6. Text-level semantics
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a
–
hyperlink
CHANGED
em
–
emphatic stress
strong
–
strong importance
small
–
small print
CHANGED
cite
–
cited title of a work
CHANGED
q
–
quoted text
dfn
–
defining instance
abbr
–
abbreviation
time
–
date and/or time
NEW
code
–
code fragment
var
–
variable or placeholder text
samp
–
(sample) output
kbd
–
user input
sub
–
subscript
sup
–
superscript
i
–
offset text conventionally styled in italic
CHANGED
b
–
offset text conventionally styled in bold
CHANGED
mark
–
marked (highlighted) text
NEW
ruby
–
ruby annotation
NEW
rt
–
ruby text
NEW
rp
–
ruby parenthesis
NEW
bdi
–
BiDi isolate
NEW
bdo
–
BiDi override
span
–
generic span
5.7. Edits
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ins
–
inserted text
del
–
deleted text
5.8. Embedded content
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img
–
image
iframe
–
nested browsing context (inline frame)
embed
–
integration point for plugins
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object
–
generic external content
param
–
initialization parameters for plugins
video
–
video
NEW
audio
–
audio stream
NEW
source
–
media source
NEW
track
–
supplementary media track
NEW
canvas
–
canvas for dynamic graphics
NEW
map
–
image-map definition
area
–
image-map hyperlink
5.9. Tables
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table
–
table
caption
–
table title
colgroup
–
table column group
col
–
table column
tbody
–
table row group
thead
–
table heading group
tfoot
–
table footer row group
tr
–
table row
td
–
table cell
th
–
table header cell
5.10. Forms
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form
–
user-submittable form
fieldset
–
set of related form controls
legend
–
title or explanatory caption
label
–
caption for a form control
input
–
input control
CHANGED
button
–
button
select
–
option-selection form control
datalist
–
predefined options for other controls
NEW
optgroup
–
group of options
option
–
option
textarea
–
text input area
keygen
–
key-pair generator/input control
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output
–
result of a calculation in a form
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progress
–
progress indicator
NEW
meter
–
scalar gauge
NEW
5.11. Interactive elements
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details
–
control for additional on-demand information
NEW
summary
–
summary, caption, or legend for a details control
NEW
command
–
command
NEW
menu
–
list of commands
CHANGED
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